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WHO teams in house-to-house search of suspected cases of cholera in Mubi North and South LGAs, Adamawa state

Adamawa cholera outbreak: Active search for cases in communities avert further spread 

“Initially, I thought it was nothing to worry about until I visited…
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Ebola treatments approved for compassionate use in current outbreak

Ebola treatments approved for compassionate use in current outbreak

On 4 June, an ethics committee in the Democratic Republic of the…
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(L-R) Dr. Alex Gasasira (WHO), Dr. Charles W. Oliver (USAID), Mrs. Ellen Munemo (ACCEL) and Assistant Health Minister Dr. Catherine cooper at the validation workshop

Ministry of Health validates Liberia’s first National Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines to promote quality healthcare and patient safety

Monrovia, 31 May 2018:  The Nationa
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Dr Parirenyatwa launching the strategy

Zimbabwe launches Health Financing Policy and Strategy

6 June 2018.
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Cross section of the participants

WHO in collaboration with partners rolls out a mobile-based surveillance application for Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) to enhance surveillance in South Sudan

Juba, 6 June 2018 – The World Health Organization (WHO) in…
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WHO Uganda Representative Dr Yonas T Woldemariam presents the 13 GPW to the Ministry Top Management committee

WHO consults on Uganda's health priorities in reference to WHO's 13th General Program of Work (2019-2023)

The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Uganda convened…
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Health worker tests a community member for blood pressure during the commemoration

Uganda's Ministry of Health calls for an end to Tobacco use

The Ministry of Health (MoH) in Uganda with support from World Health…
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WHO Representative Dr. Alex Gasasira handing over key of the ambulance and BB lotions to the Hon. Minister of Health Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah

Liberia can achieve Universal Health Coverage-Minister of Health

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